Design Matters

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Our blog, Design Matters, is a place for our team to share our knowledge, community events, projects, resources, and opinions. It is a place for you to keep up with us and for us to hear from you. Thanks for reading!

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Construction progress highlights this year

By cbhendricks | December 29, 2022 | architecture, project update

We have had some pretty awesome projects come up out of the ground this year. While it is super fun to design a ...

Detached garage / barn / workshop Addition

By cbhendricks | December 27, 2022 | architecture, project update

We get to work with some amazing people on some really cool projects. This project in particular has some of my ...

#HilltopHouse, this one is amazing

By cbhendricks | December 24, 2022 | architecture, project update

The #HilltopHouse is coming right along and is truly an amazing space. I was just looking back through my notes ...

Happy Festivus!

By Annie | December 23, 2022 | architecture, Fun, Office Culture

Happy Festivus! While most of us around here are swept away in the excitement of this holiday season, we ...

Cabin Addition finishing strong

By cbhendricks | December 22, 2022 | architecture, project update

The Cabin Addition in Luray is finishing strong and looking really good. Integrity Custom Builders took on this ...

Modern Mountain Home finishing construction

By cbhendricks | December 21, 2022 | architecture, project update

When we kicked off the design for the modern home on Afton Mountain our clients provided aesthetic goals and a ...

Mind Behind the Design: Adrienne Stronge

By Annie | December 19, 2022 | family, team

Adrienne with her husband Andrew and son Alister If there is one thing we know to be certain, it’s that ...

Architecture Design verses Drafting

By Annie | December 14, 2022 | architecture, Office Culture

Discussing the differences in architecture design versus drafting allows us to share the value an architect ...

Holiday Decorating, the Sustainable Way.

By Annie | December 12, 2022 | community, Green Building

It's that time of year again and many of us are are spending time joyfully decorating our homes. Before running ...

Manufacturing Collective coming to Shenandoah Valley

By cbhendricks | December 1, 2022 | architecture, project update

We love working with visionary clients, especially those that support other small businesses. When Debbie and Nate ...

Red Wing Academy returns for First Friday

By cbhendricks | November 29, 2022 | artwork, community, First Friday

We absolutely love supporting and partnering with Red Wing Academy each year. The students get the amazing ...

First Friday Artist, Lynn Adams

By Annie | November 21, 2022 | artwork, community, First Friday

Next in our lineup of creators participating the First Friday holiday gallery opening is Lynn Adams. Lynn is ...